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AGARICUS KADICATUS,
Long-rooted Agaric.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, im r e— N a t . O r d . FUNGI, Link,
S e r i e s I. L e u c o s p o r u s T r i b . VIII. C j .i t o c y b e , Fries.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporuliferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side, having on the under
surface straight, simple, sporuliferous lamellae. Volva none.
SPECIFIC c h a r a c t e r .
A garicüs radicatus; pileo rugoso, glutinoso, lamellis adfxis albidis; stipite
procero, rígido, basi dilatato, radice longa fusiformi.
A g . pileus rugose, glutinous, the lamellae white, fixed ; stipes tall, rigid,
thickened towards the base, root long and fusiform.
A g a r i c u s radicatus, Relh. FI. Cant. p. 529*—With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4.
p. 275.—Sow. Fung t. 4 8 .—Sibth. FI. Oxon. No. 973.—Pers. Syn. Fang.
p. 313.—Alb. et Schwein. p. 165.—Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2. p. 637— Fries,
Syst. V. 1. p. 118.—Grev. FI. Fdin. p. 378.—Schwein. Fung. Carol.
No. 612.
A garicus longipes. Bull. Champ, t. 232. ef 515.— De Cand. FI. Franç. ed. 3.
V. 2. p. 184.—Fjusd. Syn. p . 37.
A garicus macrorhizus, Pers. Obs. Mycol. 1. p. 47.
A garicus umbraculum, Batsch. fasc. 1. p. 77- f- 4— With. Bot. Arr. v. 4.
p. 209.
A garicus m a c ro u ru s . Scop. FI. Cam. p. 4 2 3 .
H ab. Woods, borders of fields, road-sides, &c. generally near the rotting
stumps of tre e s; not unfrequent. Summer and autumn. Foxhall,
near Fdinburgh. Woods at Balmuto, abundant.
Pileus convex-conical while young, at length nearly quite plane, obtusely
umbonate, more or less rugose and somewhat glutinous, smooth, generally
possessing considerable toughness and elasticity : in regard to colour,
it is very irregular, being whitish, ash-colour, brown, smoke-grey,
reddish, olivaceous, greenish, or even, according to S ch um a ch er , sometimes
yeUow ! the most frequent is an olivaceous and greenish hue.
Flesh very thin, white. Lamellae rather distant, white, fixed, rather
broad, entire, mostly 4 in a set. Stipes generally solid, rarely with a
small spongy cayity, 4-8 inches high, firm, smooth, slightly twisted,
pale fawn colour, pr tinged with green, gradually tapering upwards.